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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
21
The fragment outlines a state savings bank in Butte Montana with capital stock listed as 300 000, undivided profits 200 000, additional capital liability 200 000 and other notes indicating officers. The text is garbled but indicates bank financial figures and leadership.
A crowded docket in Judge McGowan's court features Joseph La Rue, alleged vagrant and drunkenness case target, seeking venue transfer to a county justice court amid claims of judicial prejudice. Several others, including Exmillam and Mrs Green, face drunkenness charges as the city court continues with adjournments and ongoing investigations.
Eighteen automobiles have been pledged for a Saturday ride for Butte children lacking prior car experiences. Manager Wharton promises sunny weather, and a list of local donors includes Carton, Wall, Neyes, Mayo, Sacas, Bryant, Cockrell, Heilbronner, MacGinniss, Knott, Largey, Kane, Henningsen, Lutey Bros, Berkin, Gillie, Adams, and Carroll. Tom Bryant coordinates chaperones while Billy Gemmell acts as master of ceremonies.
Orton Bros advertise piano and organ tuning in Butte promising best value for money. They note recent engagement of tuner A D Luvene connected with major manufacturers and concert artists, with regular rates and guaranteed work. Orders may be sent or called in from 213 215 North Main and 219 North Main.
The city of Lowell adopted a novel plan granting 15 000 mill operatives two weeks pay with one week in advance and closing mills for 10 days starting August 28. Previously mills ran through summer with volunteers taking paid rest at their own expense. Early results showed cash in hand for tradesmen but the venture proved financially risky for corporations amid uninterrupted salaries and fixed charges.
Cyril Scott, star of Prince Chap, rises to theater fame with a Ireland born background. He debuted in a negro role at $3 weekly, later joined Minnie Maddern's company for three seasons, and has worked with Mansfield, Lotta, Sothern, Hopper, Carter, Held, and Daly. He figures among top light comedians after Goodwin and Collier.
The Chicago Tribune recalls Mark Twain remarking that some men cannot be pleased even with flattery. He cites a Virginia City doctor and Lake Tahoe camping memory, closing with an obituary line about Dr Sawyer and a patient dying under his treatment.
A satirical column suggests extreme schemes to remove undesirable neighbors including hiring a professor to train a daughter, labeling a house with a smallpox card, and blasting a trombone for 10 days. It ends with a note about wage earners in Butte opening bank accounts at Butte Commercial on Hamilton Street.
Six Gorham Lancaster pattern teaspoons priced at 5 with six buttercup gray handles at 6 six Cambridge gray handles at 5 25 orange spoons gold bowl at 10 six oyster forks gilt prongs long handles at 6 six bouillon spoons poppy pattern at 6.
Towle and Winterhalter Jewelers and Opticians operate at 28 West Park Street in Butte offering jewelry and eyewear services. The business branding emphasizes both jewelry and optical items.
Milwaukee contractors seek lumberjacks sawyers and tie makers to harvest cordwood for a hard winter. Workers earn about 1.50 per cord and travel to Deer Lodge or Haskell camps. eager men fill the Montana coal mine orders as winter nears. Agent Dobson notes a humorous scene as a woman seeks a wealthy husband while applying for work.
Col. Tom McTague praised Dillon Montana as one of the state’s most pleasant towns after visiting Beaverhead county. He cited prosperity, mines, farms, ranges, and a busy club scene, calling Dillon a northern hub with varied resources and high per capita wealth.
Carload of Victor Talking Ma We are the distributing agents for the Victor talking machine and can Supply you with any machine or records you may desire. We would be pleased to have you call. Catalogues furnished upon request. The new list for October will be on sale Sept. 28. Aton Bros., Distributors. Your clothes made whiter than snow by our new bleaching process will not injure the fabric. The Montana laundry's electrolyzer does the work.
The Lowell Courier-Citizen warns New York to alarm over a skyscraper danger. Insurance researchers warn a big fire could burn out of control with losses up to 2 billion dollars. Dense occupancies in towers could trigger deadly street panics and traffic in narrow avenues.
A Milwaukee Sentinel quotation urges careful choice and cheerful resilience when facing loss, framing life as a game of strategy and temperament.
Kalispell businessman Whiteside reported from Butte on a trip to New York and Boston saying the country is prosperous though mining stocks falter. Copper prices fell, money is available, but new mining ventures lack funds amid unsettled metal markets and policy debates surrounding Roosevelt and Hughes.
The B A and P railway sets a $1 round trip from Butte to Anaconda and back for the Deer Lodge county fair, with sale from September 25 to 28. Tickets are valid on all trains on the sale date.
A Toledo Bee brief recounts a hotel lobby gag where a man mistook the cigar stand for a reception desk. He asked about rooms and register, believing cigars priced 10 to 50 cents indicated lodging. The mix up ends with him leaving unhappy, plus he’s taken a licent cigar.
Alfred Thessidder Sheppard of London comes from a Devonshire family and is descended from early New England settlers through his mother. He studied at Rye and Bishop’s Stortford, worked for North British Insurance while freelancing for boys’ magazines, traveled widely, then focused on writing after health declined. His novel The Redrawal appeared in 1905.
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